Machine for cleaning hats.



C. S. SOHWARZ.

MACHINE FOB CLEANING HATS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1909.

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C. S. SGHWARZ.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING HATS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22,1009.

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MACHINE FOR CLEANING HATS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 22, 1009.

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MACHINE FOR CLEANING HATS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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MACHINE FOR CLEANING HATS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1909.

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To all whom ti may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD S. a citizen of the United States, residingat Philadelphia, in the county 'of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Cleaning Hats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a machine for cleaning hats.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for cleaning hatsbythe use of brushes.

A further object of my invention is to construct said machine so thatthe entire operation of cleaning the hat will be automatic; and a stillfurther object of my invention' is to provide means for discharging thehat from the machine after the hat has been cleaned. I 1

My invention as generally stated consists of a casing containing avertical shaft carrying a hat holder adapted to normally stand above.the casing; means for lowering said shaft to bring the hat into thecasing; brushes located in the casing to clean the hat as the hat isrotated; means forgiving said brushes motion so that they will followthe shape of the hat and for withdrawing them from the hat when it hasbeen cleaned; means for raising said hat holder; together with variousothernovel features which will be hereinafter fully set forth andclaimed.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1. is a plan view of my imp oved hatclean ing machine showing the p r'ts in their-normal positions; Fig. 2.is a view similar to Fig. 1. showing ahat in the machine and the brushesin the operating position; Fig; 3. is a vertical section on line 33 Fig.2; Fig. 4. is a transverse vertical section on line 4-4 Fig. 1. showingthe parts in their normal positions; Fig. 5. is a View similar to Fig.4. with the parts shown in the op- 2; Fig. 6. is a horizontal section online 6-6 Fig. 3, showing the parts in the operating osition; Fig. 7. isa horizontal section on line 7-7 Fig. 4, showing the parts in theirnormal positions; Fig.8. is a horizontal section on line 8-8 Fig. 3;Fig. '9. is a horizontal section on line 99 Fi 3; Fig. 10. is a lan viewof the fingers or strik ing the liat to loosen it from the holder; Fig.11. is a vertical section on line 1111 Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed January 22, 1909.

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Patented May 11?, 191(1 Serial No. 473,721.

Fig. 10;'Fig. 12. is a side elevation of the The upper compartment 2 ofthe casing is in the form of a frame having glass anels 6 on the foursides and a glass cover with an aperture formed in the central portionof the same for the insertion of a hat, into the upper compartment'2 ofthe machine.

In the central portion of the machine is a vertical shaft 10 adapted torotate and also slide vertically in bearings 11, 12 and 13 secured tothe frame 5. The upper end of the vertical shaft 10 carries the hatholder 15 made of resilient members over which the hat may readily beplaced. The said members are provided withribs'or corrugations 16, whichribs are referably arranged diagonally to each 0t er as shown in Figs.12 and 13. Said ribs prevent the hat from slipping off the holder; Thevertical shaft 10 and the hat holder 15 are normally in the positionshown in Fig. 4. that isv to say, when the machine isat rest and inwhich position the brushes for cleaning the hat are'open or spread'apartas shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so that when the hat is lowered into theupper compartment of v the machine tobe cleaned the hat will not come incontact with the brushes.

After a hat has been placed upon the holder, the machine is set motionby starting the motor 18 in any suitable manner. It is intended that themotor should be operated by a coin controlled mechanism, but this is notshown in the drawings or intended to be made part of this application.The motor 18 drives a wheel 19 secured on the 3 horizontal shaft 20,mounted in the bearings [13 and 22. Upon the driven shaft cratingpositions taken as on line 55 Fig.

cured on the vertical shaft 10. Said disk 24 is raised and lowered withthe vertical shaft 10 and therefore is only in contact with the 5driving friction wheel 23 when the shaft 10 I 20 is a friction wheel 23which drives a disk 24 seis lowered to bring the hat down into the uppercompartment 2 of the machine, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. When themachine is stopped the disk 24 is raised, as shown in Fig. 4'.

The vertical shaft 10, carrying the hat holder 15, is lowered in thefollowing manner: Upon the horizontal driven shaft isa worm whichmesheswith the worm-wheel 26- on a vertical shaft 27 mountedin thebearings 28 secured to the frame 5. Said vertical shaft 27 has agear-wheel 29 thereon which meshes with another gear-wh'eel 30on ahorizontal cam shaft 31. The cam shaft 31 rotates at a greatly reducedspeed, due to the worm and. worm wheel and; the gear wh'eels ion 40thereon which mesheswith a smaller pin-ion 41 on a shaft 42 mounted inthe bearings 43 and 44 secured to the frame 5. Upon the latter shaft 42is secured an arm 46 which is. pivotally connected at its free end tothe vertical shaft 10 by means of links 47 and 48 secured to a collar49'fitting loosely around said vertical: shaft-1O and held in positionbetween the collar 50, secured to said shaft and the hub 51 of the disk24, which rotates the vertical shaft 10. By the action of the abovedescribedcam 32 the vertical shaft 10 will be moved from the positionshown in Fig. 4. into the position shown in Fig. 5, with the hat holdercarrying a hat as shown in the drawings 2, 3 and 5 drawn down into theupper compartment 2 of the machine; The hat is-now insuch a positionthat the brushes may-be swung into a position which will bring them incontact with the hat. There are three brushes 53, 54 and 55 which actupon the hat as the hat is rapidly revolved upon the holder 15 and thereis a felt pad 56 for polishing the surface of the hat. The brush 53 forcleaningthe crown of the hat is mounted on a rod 58 extending from asleeve or hearing 59 secured to a vertical shaft 60, mounted in thebearings 61 and 62 secured to the frame 5. The brush 54 for cleaning theinside of the brim of the hat is mounted on an arm 64 secured to thelast mentioned shaft 60. The pad 56 is mounted on an arm 65 secured to ashaft 66 mounted in bearings 67 and 68. onally opposite to the shaft 60,carrying the above mentioned brushes. Both of these shafts 60 and 66 areoscillated sufiiciently to swing the brushes and the pad out of the wayof the hat when the latter is being raised and lowered. Said shafts 60and 66 are operated or turned tobring the brushes into contact with thehat after the vertical shaft 10 has descended and the hat lowered intothe upper compartment 2 of the machine. The shafts 60 and 66 carryingthe brushes and the pad are operated by the action of a cam 7 0 formedupon the disk 71, on the above described cam shaft 31, clearly shownSaid shaft 66 is located diagupon a roller 72 carried by a bracket 73slidably mounted in the bearing 7 4, at one end,

and at the other end is pivotally connected to an arm 75 extending from.the, shaft 66 carrying. the pad arm 65.- A connecting bar 76 extendsfrom the end of said arm 75 and connects the arm 7 7 upon the oppositeshaft 66 carrying the brushes. The shaft 6O carrying the brush arms andthe shaft 66 carry ing the pad-arm are each provided with an arm 80 and81 secured to saidshafts and upon the free end of each arm is anantifriction roller 82 and 83. A spring 84 is con nected between saidlast mentioned arms and tends to draw them together against the cam 85,on'the vertical sliding shaft 10-.

When the machine is in its normal, or stopped, position the brushes areopened and withdrawn from the hat, as shown in Fig. 1, and the arms 80and 81 and cam 85 are in the position shown in Fig. 7. When the machineis started and the cam shaft 31 is turned sufliciently to lower thevertical shaft 10 and bring the hat down into the upper compartment 2 ofthe machine, the cam 7 0 will pass from beneath the roller 72 on thesliding bracket 73, so that the spring 84 will draw the arms 80 and 81into the position shown in Fig. 6, which will turn the vertical shafts60and 66 and bring the brushes 53.:1nd 54 and the pad 56 into contact withthe hat. As the crown of the hat is elliptical in form it is necessaryto give the brushes 53 and 54 and the pad 56 a slight horizontalmovement to provide for the eccentricity in the shape of the hat; this Iaccomplish by providing an elliptical cam 85 corresponding in shape tothe shape of the hat. The above mentioned arms 80 and 81 carrying theanti-friction rollers 82 and 83- are held against said elliptical cam 85by the action of the spring 84 connected between the arms 80 and 81.Said elliptical cam'85is keyed to the vertical shaft 10 carrying the hatand as said hat revolves the cam will revolve correspondingly with saidhat and the brushes and pad will be moved horizontally by the cam 85 toprovide forthe variation in the shape of the crown of the hat.

Referring to the brush 54 for cleaning the inside of the brim of thehat, which in addition to having the above described horizontal movementto conform to the shape of the crown of the hat also is adapted to begiven a slight vertical movement, to provide for the horizontalcurvature of the brim of the hat. This ll accomplish by pivoting thearm64 carrying said brush 54, as shown in Fig. 3, to the arm 87 securedupon the vertical oscillating shaft 60. Said arm 64 carrying the brush54 is pivoted on the. center 89 so that it may have a slight ver ticalmovement. A spring 90 acts on the under side of said arm 64 to force thebrush 54 up and the said arm 64 bears against a cam 91 secured to thebearing 61. Said cam 91 has a cam-surface 92 shown in Fig. 5, and

when the brush 54 is oscillated, the cam-,

surface 92 will force the arm 64 down against the action of the spring90 and give said brush 54 the proper vertical movement to cause saidbrush to follow the curve of the brim of the hat. 1

The underside of the brim of the hat is cleaned by the brush .55 locatedunder the brim of the hat and carried byan arm 94 which is pivoted in abearing 95 located on the frame 5 of the machine. The latter brush 55 isgiven a slight vertical movement so that said brush will follow thehorizontal curvature of the brim of the hat. This brush 55 does not havea horizontal movement as the other brushes have. To the arm 94, carryingsaid brush 55, is a connecting pin 96 pivoted to an arm 97, as shown inFigs. 3 and 6, which arm'96' is rigidly secured to a shaft 98 mounted inthe bearing 99 secured to the frame 5. Upon the end of said shaft 98 isanother arm 100 having an anti-friction roller 101 which is raised orlowered by the high places 102 and 103- formed on the top surface of thecam late 85 which is rotated by the vertical sha 10. As the verticalshaft 10 rotates-the cams 102 and 103, the shaft 98, carrying the arms97 and 100, will be oscillated, whlch motion will be communicated to thebrush 55 bear ing against the underside of the brim ofthe hat, givingsaid brush 55 the proper vertical movement to cause it to follow theshape'of the brim of the hat.

The cam 85, having the said high places 102 and 103, above described, isloosely mounted on the vertical shaft 10, so that said shaft may slidevertically through the hub of said cam without movingthe latter. Saidvertical shaft is provided with a keyway 105 and inxthe hub of the cam85 is secured afeather-key 106,] fitting in said keyway formed in saidvertical shaft, so

that the cam will rotate with said vertical shaft. The cam 85 is held inits vertical.

position between the horizontal portion of the frame 5 and the bearing12, secured to said frame 5. The vertical shaft, carrying the hat,continues to revolve until the cam' shaft 31 makes approximately onerevolution. The disk 71 on said shaft is provided with a cam 108 whichacts upon a roller 109 carried by a stop arm 110 pivoted in the bearing111 on the frame 5 shown in Fig. 3. Said stop arm 110 extends downwardlyso that the end of said stop arm will be adjacent the disk 24 on thevertical shaft 10, which disk 24 is provided with a slot 113, shown inFig. 8, to receive the end-of said stop arm 110. The end of said stoparm 110 is held in its proper position by a bracket 114 and said stoparm is adapted to slide in a slot 115 formed in the said bracket 114.

Upon the lower end of said stop arm 110 is formed a cam surface 116which acts upon an anti-friction roller 117 on the arm 118 of .thebell-erank-lever 119 pivoted on the bearing 13. The other arm 120 ofsaid bellcrank-lever is provided with an anti-friction roller 122 whichbears against the underside of the disk 24, so that when the stop arm isacted upon by the cam 108 on the disk 71, on the cam shaft31, said stoparm will be forced toward the disk 24 and move the bellcrank-lever intothe position shown in dotted lines Fig. 3, which will raise the disk 24and the vertical shaft 10 sufiiciently to sepa rate the disk 24 from thefriction wheel 23 on the driven shaft 20 and as the stop arm is movedstill farther toward the disk 24, by the action of the cam 108, saidstop arm will enter the said slot 113 formed in said disk 24 which willstop the latter from rotating and bring the hat to rest. When thevertical shaft 10 is brought to rest as above stated, the cam on thedisk 71 will act upon the roller 72, as above stated, which will rotatethe shafts 60. and 66 the arms, on'said shafts, carrying the brushes andpad away from the hat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7. The hat is now free tobe raised out of the upper compartment 2 of the machine, the cam 32 willnow operate the arms 35 and 46 andmove them into the position shown inFig. 4, with the vertical shaft 10 raised and the hatholder lifted abovethe machine. After the parts have been brought into the position shownin Fig. 4,'the motor is stopped by any suitable means and the machinewill remain in this position until another hat is placed on the holderand the motor is again started.

It is desirable not to have the hat holder revolve unless the hat is inits proper posi tion, firmly in place upon said holder. ll thereforeprovide a ivoted finger 130, shown in Figs. 1 and 3. he free end of saidfinger 130 is normally in a position which will be in line with the brimof the hat when .said hat is lowered'into the machine and said hat ifproperly placed on the holder will, as it is lowered take against thefinger 1.30 and move the latter into the osition shown in full linesFig. 3. The iat can then revolve without striking said finger. Upon theother end of said finger is pivoted a rod 131 which extends down intothe lower compartment of the machine and passes through an aperture inthe arm 118 of the bell-crank-lever 119, which latter is normally in theposition shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3.

.l Vhen the free end of said finger 130 is touched by the hat, the rod131 will raise the arm of the bell-crank-lever suiliciently and swing ito allow the spring 133 to move said bellcrank-lever into the positionshown in full lines Fig. 3 which will permit the disk 24 to contact withthe driving wheel 23 on the driven shaft 20. It will be seen that if themachine is started without the hat beingin its proper position, that thefinger will not be acted upon and therefore the bell-cranklever willstill hold the disk separated from the driving disk on the driven shaftand the vertical shaft 10 will not operate, that is to say, the camshaft 31 will be rotated and complete one revolution and raise the hatout of the machine without cleaning it. This saves the hat from beingtorn and the brushes from being. broken.

After the hat has been cleaned and at the time the brushes and pad beginto open, it is desirable to have the hat loosened from the hat holder sothat it can more readily be removed from said hat holder after the hathas been raised above the machine this -I accomplish in the followingmanner: Upon the vertical oscillating shaft 66 carrying the pad, Iprovide an arm 135, shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and more clearly .shown on alarger scale in Figs. 10 and 11. The arm 135 acts upon an arm 136secured to a shaft 137 mounted in bearings 138 and 139 on the topsurface of the frame 5 of the machine. Sai shaft 137 extends beneath thehat and has I secured thereto arms 140 and 141, the ends of which armsare adapted to strike the brim of the hat and force the hat upsufliciently to release it from the pressure of the hat holder. As abovestated, the arm 135 operates these releasing arms when the brushes arebeing opened. The actuating arm 135 for this purpose secured to theoscillating shaft 66 1s provided with a pawl 143 which engages the hookformed on the end of the arm 136 and'raises the free end of the arms 140and 141 which strike the hat. As the arm 136 carrying the hook travelsin an arc of a circle and the arm 135 on the vertical shaft 66 travelsin a horizontal plane, the pawl 143 will slip off the hook on the arm136 and allow the spring 145 to draw the arms down away from the brim ofthe hat.

When the verticalshaft 66 is again rotated in the opposite direction tobring the brushes in contact with the hat, the arms 140 and 141 will notbe moved, due to thefact that the spring 146. on the top of the arm 135will allow the pawl 143 to raise sufficiently ass over the hook end ofthe arm 136 wit out moving said latter arm. Thus the releasing arms 140and 141 will only be operated when the vertical shaft turns to open thebrushes.

A fan 150 driven by the motor .18, is provided for carrying away thedust made by the cleaning of the hat in the upper compartment 2 of themachine. In the lower eaaeav 1 portion of this compartment 2, I providean air tube 151 which fits into the right angle formed around the foursides of the upper compartment 2. Said air tube 151 consists of aflatiplate 153 set at an anglein the corners of the said compartment;said flat plate has a series of apertures formed therein and asemi-circular tube 154 secured to the un derside of said plate to form acontinuous passage for the air. Extending from the fan to the air pipe151 in the upper compartment of the machine is a pipe 155 connectingsaid pipe with said fan.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The motor is started by anysuitable means. -The cam shaft'is first rotated and the vertical shaftlowered so that the hat upon the hat holder will be brought into thefrom the driving wheel, by the cam which acts upon the sto arm, whichlatter stops the disk 24 and brings the vertical shaft to a standstill;the releasing arms then strike the hat and loosen it from the holder andthen the cam shaft raises the vertical shaft so that the hat and hatholder are above the top of the casing where the hat can readily beremoved from the hat holder.

Having thus described my invention claim and desire to secure byLettersPatent:-

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder, means for rotating said hat holder, a brush, an arm carryingsaid brush, a cam for automatically moving said arm toward said hatholder and for withdrawing said arm away from said hat holder at thecommencement and at the end of the rotating operation of said hatraising and lowering said hat holder, means for rotating said hat holderwhen in the lower position, an arm, a cleaning member carried by saidarm, a cam to move said arm toward said hat holder before the latterbegins to rotate and for withdrawing said arm when said hat holder stopsrotating.

- 3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder, a shaft on whichsaid hat holder is mounted, means for rotatingsaid shaft, an elliptical cam secured on said shaft, arms controlled bysaid elliptical cam, cleaning means secured upon said arms and a camadapted to act upon said arms and automatically move said arms towardsaid hat holder and for withdrawing said arms away from said hat holderat the the combination of a hat holder a shaft on which said-hat holderis mounte means for rotating said shaft, a brush located below saidhatholder, 'an arm carrying said brush, a bearin in which said arm 1spivoted, a rock-shaft pivoted in a bearing, an arm on said rock-shaft,said arm connected with said arm carrying saidbrush, a second arm onsaid rock-shaft,a cam on said first mentioned shaft to move said brushand a spring to move said brush against the action of said cam.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder adapted to receive a hat, a shaft to rotate said hat holder, abrush adapted to clean the upper side of the hat brim, an arm carryingsaid brush, a shaft to move said brush arm horizontally, a joint formedin said arm to permit said brush to move vertically, a cam se cured to abearing, said cam ada ted to bear against said movable part of saibrush. arni and move said brush vertically and a s ring to move saidbrush against the action 0 said cam.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination of' a hatholder, a shaft carrying the same, means for rotating said shaft,oscillating shafts located adjacent to said hat holder, arms on saidoscillating shafts, cleaning means upon said arms, an

elliptical'cam on said shaft carryin said' hat holder, arms extendingfrom sai oscillating shafts to said elliptical cam, said.

elliptical cam adapted to move said arms carrying said cleaning meanshorizontally and follow the shape of the crown ofthe hat upon said hatholder, a cam secured upon a shaft'located at right angles to said shaftcarrying said hat holder, means for rotating said latter cam andconnecting means between said last mentioned cam and said oscillatinshaftswhereby said arms carrying said cIeanin means are automaticallymoved towar and withdrawn from said hat holder at the beginning and atthe ending of the rotating operation of said hat holder.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder, ashaft carrying the same, means for rotating said shaft, anoscillating shaft, an arm onsaid oscillating shaft carrying a brushcurved to c0nf0rn1[ ,t o-the crown of a hat, a second brush onsaidoscillating shaft adapted to fit into the brim of a hat, a secondoscillating shaft, an arm on the latter carrying a arms toward said hatand for arms away from said hat.

\ 8. In amachme of the character described moving said the'combinationof a hat holder, a shaft carrying the same, hearings in which said shaftis slidably mounted, a driven shaft, means for rotating said shaftcarrying said hat holder, an arm ivotally, mounted in a bearmg, said armplvotally connected with said shaft carrying said hat holder and meansfor raising and lowering said arm operated by said driven shaft.

9. In amachine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder, a 'shaftcarrymg the same, bearings in which said shaft 1sslidably mounted, a driven shaft, means operated by said driven shaft bywhich said shaft carrying said hat holder is raised and lowered andmeans for communicating motion from said drivenshaft to'rotate saidshaft carrying said hat holder when the latter is in the lower position.

10. In a machine of the character-described, the combination of a hatholder, vertical shaft car ing the same, bearings in which said sha t isslidably vmounted, a driven shaft, a cam shaft, means for driving thecam shaft'by said driven shaft, a cam on said shaft, an arm pivotallyconnected with said vertical shaft, said arm adapted to be raised andlowered by said cam, and means for rotating said vertical :haft when thelatter is in the lower posi- .11. In a machine of the characterdescribed the combination of a hat holder, a

vertica shaft carrying the same, bearin s in which said vertical shaftis slidab y mounted, a driven shaft, a cam shaft driven by said drivenshaft, a cam on said camshaft, a shaft mounted in a bearing and hav ingan arm thereon operated by said cam, a shaft mountedin a bearing havingan arm thereon adapted vto raise and lower said vertical shaft,gear-wheels on said shaft carrying said arms, said gear-wheels meshingwith each other and means for rotating said vertical shaft when thelatter is in the lower position.

' 12. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hat,holder, a vertical shaft carrying the same, a disk secured on saidvertical shaft, hearings in which said vertical shaft is slidablymounted, means for raising and lowering said vertical shaft, means forrotating said vertical shaft when in the lower position, a stop arm toengage a disk on said vertical shaft when the latter is disconnectedfrom the means for rotating it.

, 13. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder, a vertical shaft, hearings in which the latter is slidablymounted, means for raising and lowering said vertical shaft, means forrotating said vertical shaft when in its lower position, a. disk on saidvertical shaft, said disk having a slot formed therein, a stop armpivotally mounted in a bearing, a cam to act upon said stop arm, aspring to act agamst said cam, said cam and spring aron the latter, astop arm operated by said cam, a bell-crank-lever adapted to raise saiddisk from the said friction wheel, said stop arm adaptedto movesaid'bell-crank-lever into contact with said disk and to enter a slot inthe said disk and stop said disk from rotating.

15. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder adapted to receive a hat, a vertical shaft carrying said hatholder, bearings in which said verticalshaft is mounted, a disk on saidvertical shaft, means for driving said disk when the vertical shaft isin its lower position, a bell-crank-lever adapted to raise said disk ofithe driving means, a stop arm adapted to bring said bell-crank-leverinto action with said disk, means actuated by the hat upon said hatholder to shift said bell-cranklever and allow said disk to contact withthe driving means.

16. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder, a vertical shaft carrying the same, bearings in which saidvertical shaft is slidably mounted, a disk on said vertical shaft, adriven-shaft adapted to rotate said vertical shaft when the latter is inits lower position,

a cam shaft driven by said driven shaft, a cam on said cam shaft toraise and lower said vertical shaft, a stop arm, a cam on said cam shaftto act upon said sto arm, means actuated by said stop arm to disconnectsaid disk from the driving means, oscillating vertical shafts havingarms thereon, said arms carrying devices for cleaning a hat, arms onsaid oscillating shafts connected by a bar, a bracket connected at oneend to one of said latter arms, a roller on said bracket, a cam on. saidcamshaft to act upon said roller and withdraw said arms carrying thecleaning devices away from said hat holder.

17. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder adapted to receive a hat, means for rotating said hat holder,arms carrying devices for cleaning said' hat, fingers pivotally mountedin bearings, said fingers adapted to strike the hat and loosen it fromsaid hat holder, and means for operating saidfingers aftersaid cleaningdevices have performedtheir operations. I

18. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a hatholder adapted to receive a hat, means for rotating said hat holder,oscillating shafts carrying arms, devices .upon said. arms for cleaningthe hat, fingers pivotally mounted in bearings, an arm on one of saidoscillating shafts adapted to move said fingers when said shaft isturned to withdraw the arms carrying said cleaning devices away fromsaid hat and said fingers having free ends adapted to strike against thelower side of the hat and release the same from said hat holder.

19. In a machine of the character described, the combination of acasing, an upper compartment in said casing, a lower compartment in saidcasing, a fan in said lower compartment, a per orated pipe arranged inthe said upper compartment of said casing and a tube connecting saidperforated pipe with said fan, a discharge pipe from said fan and meanscontained in said casing for cleaning a hat.

20. In a machine of the character de scribed, the combination of acasing, an up per compartment in said casing containing means forcleaning a hat, a lowercompartment in said casing containing means foroperating said means for cleaning the hat, a vertical shaft slidablymounted in said casing, a hat holder on said shaft, means for normallyholding said hat holder above the top for lowering said hat holder intosaid upper com artment and means for raising said hat hol er abovesaidupper compartment after said hathas been cleaned.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CUNRAD S. SCHWARZ. Witnesses Josnrn T. TAYLOR, M. It. CLEELAND.

of the said upper compartment, means

